Outdoor Power Equipment and Small Engines - Engine Overhaul - How does the Cam align?

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marcum03
05-13-05, 06:26 PM
I am rebuilding a 12.5 short block Briggs Engine. How do I align the cam with the crank shaft.
I see on the cam gear a dot & also nearby a thru hole.
On the crank shaft, all I see is a key-way slot.

What do I align with what?

cheese
05-14-05, 04:15 AM
There should be a dot on the crank gear. It lines up with the dot on the cam gear.
marcum03
05-14-05, 07:04 AM
There is no dot on the crank gear. Only a key-way slot.

puey61
05-14-05, 10:42 AM
If you have had the crankgear off you may have inadvertantly put it on backwards and now the dot and/or mark is on the back side.
marcum03
05-15-05, 12:04 PM
You're right, that's what happened.